28. Yep, Reid just wants the ILLUSION that he wants real reform to have the Senate WORK again!

He wants it to LOOK like the mechanisms are in place to keep the Republicans from obstructing good bills, and is just preserving the pieces that continue to have them throw out excuses later of them "not having enough support" to get things passed.

As you note, if Republicans had a majority in the Senate, especially with moderates now out like Lugar and Snow, the FIRST DAY (and not even "extending that day") they'd vote to get rid of any filibuster power for the Democrats. THEY want to use the power of the majority. Reid, the SORRY EXCUSE he is for a Democrat, doesn't want to use that power for what Democrats voted in a majority of senators to do.